If you do find these extra few hours in your week or month, shouldn’t you be using them to spend more quality time with your family? The answer is no.
Tag: self-care
Knowing My Limits
As a carer, I am often stretched beyond my imaging. But would I know when I had reached my limits? During the bushfires, I learned that answer.
Sleep tips to cope with your child in hospital.
These are Luke and I's sleep tips to cope with being in hospital. Matthew was in hospital 50% of the time, Sleep is super important to cope with everything life as a parent of a medically fragile child can throw at you.
Not Just a Special Needs Mum – Getting Yourself Back
The day I realised that being a 'Special Needs Mum' was part of my identity was an interesting moment. I was on the other side of the world, in Cleveland, Ohio. I had packed myself up and taken myself to the other side of the world, to work on me. To learn from someone that … Continue reading Not Just a Special Needs Mum – Getting Yourself Back
Caring for yourself as a Carer 